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to Help Case Against Trump
Dems say Trump's stance on Ukraine is proof of Russian tiesbut Obama had
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TO UKRAINE TO HELP CASE AGAINST TRUMP) ProminentmembersoftheDemocraticPartynow
seemtobeinfavorofsupplyingUkrainewith
lethalmilitaryaid,despitethefactthattheObama
administrationrefusedtogiveweaponstothe
besiegedcountryinitsfightagainstproRussian
separatistsforyears.

What'schanged?Thenewfoundsupportforlethal
aidonthelefthelpsDemocratsmaketheircase
thatPresidentDonaldTrumphasbeeninfluenced
ThetownofShyrokyne,intheDonetskregion,showsa bytheRussians.
(http://freebeacon.com/nationalsecurity/democrats
streetwithbuildingsdestroyedbyproRussianseparatists
changetuneonlethalaidetoukrainetohelpcase
againsttrump/) shelling/GettyImages ThiswasmadeclearbyDemocratsontheHouse
IntelligenceCommittee,whokickedoffMonday's
hearingonRussia'sattempttointerfereinthe
2016electionbychargingPresidentDonaldTrump'scampaignwithchangingtheRepublicanparty'splatform
onbehalfofRussia.

ThechargeisrootedinaJulyWashingtonPostreport(https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global
opinions/trumpcampaigngutsgopsantirussiastanceonukraine/2016/07/18/98adb3b04cf311e6a7d8
13d06b37f256_story.html?utm_term=.61ba84076b83)thatTrump'scampaignhadchangedapledgetoprovide
Ukrainewith"lethaldefensiveweapons"thatwasoriginallyintheplatformtoanopenendedpledgetoprovide
Ukrainewith"appropriateassistance"initsfightagainstproRussianseparatists.

Thatreportisnowbeingdisputed(http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byronyorkhowpunditsgotkeypart
oftrumprussiastoryallwrong/article/2617802)bytheWashingtonExaminer.
Democrats,ledbyRep.AdamSchiff(D.,Calif.),allegedinthehearingthatthepledgetoprovidelethalaid
wasremovedfromtheplatformatthe"insistenceoftheTrumpcampaign"becauseofmeetingsthatcampaign
officialshadwithRussians.

"IsitpossiblethattheremovaloftheUkraineprovisionfromtheGOPplatformisacoincidence?"Schiffsaid."It
ispossible.Butitisalsopossible,maybemorethanpossible,thattheyarenotcoincidental."

SchiffattheendofthehearingsaidthattheRepublicanplatformwaschangedasadeliberatefavorforRussia.

"DotheRussiansfavortheUnitedStatesprovisionoflethaldefenseweaponstoUkraine?"SchiffaskedNational
SecurityAdviserMikeRogers,whorespondedthattheRussianswould"stronglyopposesuchanidea."

SchiffrespondedbystatingthattheproposaltogivelethalaidtoUkrainehasbipartisansupportandcalledfor
anofficialinquiryintowhethertherewas"anycommunicationbetweentheRussiansandtheTrumpcampaign
thatresultedinthedefeatofanamendmentthatwasagainstRussianinterest."

Rep.AndreCarson(D.,Ind.)wentevenfurtherwithhisaccusations.

"TrumphimselfchangedtheRepublicanPartyplatformtonolongerarmUkraine,"Carsonsaid,addingthat
officialssuchasPaulManafortandGeneralMichaelFlynnwerehiredonly"becauseoftheirRussian
connections."

NotincludedinthelineofquestioningbySchifforCarsonwasanymentionofwhyObamaneversentlethalaid
toUkraine,whichhasbeenfightingproRussianforcessince2014.

TheObamaadministration'spositionwasthatsendingweaponstoUkrainewouldhaveincreasedthebloodshed
inthecountryandgivenRussia"apretextforfurtherincursions,"accordingtotheNewYorkTimes
(https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/world/europe/defyingobamamanyincongresspresstoarm
ukraine.html?_r=0).

AlsonotmentionedisthattheDemocraticplatform
(http://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.democrats.org/Downloads/2016_DNC_Platform.pdf),completedthesame
monthastheRepublicanplatform(https://prodcdnstatic.gop.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL[1]
ben_1468872234.pdf),alsodidn'tcallforlethalaidtoUkraine.

TheDemocraticplatform'sbriefsectiononRussiaiscriticalofits"destabilizingactions"intheregion,butmakes
onlyavaguecommitmentthatitwould"deterRussianaggression"and"buildEuropeanresilience."

Theplatform,however,alsosaysthatDemocratsarestill"preparedtocooperate"withRussialiketheObama
administrationdidonissuessuchasreducingnuclearstockpiles.
 Russia'segmentof2016DemocraticPartyPlatform,p.39
Laterinthe"Europe"sectionoftheplatformitisreiteratedthat"DemocratswillstandwithourEuropeanallies
andpartnerstodeterRussianaggression,"andthatthepartywillmaintainitscommitmenttoNATOpartners.

RepublicansonthecommitteecalledtheDemocratsoutfortheiropportunistictransformationonRussiapolicy.

"AsfarasaidtoUkraine,asfarasIrecalltheObamaadministrationalwaysrefusedtogivelethalaidto
Ukraine,"saidRep.PeterKing(R.,N.Y.)."ItcouldbearguedthattheRepublicanplatformin2016wasactually
strongerthantheDemocraticplatformonthat."

Kingsaidthattherewas"noevidence"tosupporttheDemocrats'claimandcalledtheaccusationthatTrump
changedtheplatformonbehalfofRussia"slanderous."

TheRepublicandelegatewhoproposedaddingthe"lethaldefensiveweapons"languageinanamendmenttold
theWashingtonExaminerthatshewasfinewithhowtheplatformturnedoutonRussia.

"Theplatformendeduptougherthanitstarted,"saidDianaDenman,aTexasdelegate.

TheaddedparagraphfromDenman'samendmentdoesnotexplicitlyruleoutprovidingweaponrytoUkraine.

"Wesupportmaintainingand,ifwarranted,increasingsanctions,togetherwithourallies,againstRussiaunless
anduntilUkraine'ssovereigntyandterritorialintegrityarefullyrestored,"theplatformdeclares."Wealso
supportprovidingappropriateassistancetothearmedforcesofUkraineandgreatercoordinationwithNATO
defenseplanning."

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